Alanine protects liver from injury caused by D-galactosamine and CCl4

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Maezono, Katsumi ^a   Kajiwara, Kenta ^a   Mawatari, Kazunori ^a   Shinkai, Ayako ^a   Torii, Kunio ^a   Maki, Toshio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID MIXTURE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; GALACTOSAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORIPRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029888480     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008707260     Document Type: Article

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